Genus
Gallirallus
12 species
The list of species of Gallirallus genus
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The list of species of Gallirallus genus
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The weka (Gallirallus australis) is a flightless bird species of the rail family. It is found only in New Zealand. The common name, "weka", is a Māori word. These birds are significant to some Māori iwi (tribes) who admire their curiosity and...
The Calayan rail (Gallirallus calayanensis ) is a flightless bird of the rail, moorhen, and coot family (Rallidae) that inhabits Calayan Island in the Philippines. Though well known to natives of the island as the "piding", it was first observed by...
The New Caledonian rail (Cabalus lafresnayanus ) is a large and drab flightless rail that is found on the island of New Caledonia in the Pacific. It is a dull brown above, with grey underparts, and has a yellowish, downward-curving bill. No one...
The Cocos buff-banded rail, Gallirallus philippensis andrewsi, is an endangered subspecies of the buff-banded rail endemic to the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, an Australian Offshore Territory in the central-eastern Indian Ocean. The local Cocos Malay...
The Tongatapu rail (Gallirallus hypoleucus ) was a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It was apparently native to the island of Tongatapu in the Kingdom of Tonga, in Polynesia in the south-west Pacific Ocean. It is known only from brief...
The Macquarie rail (Hypotaenidia philippensis macquariensis ), also known as the Macquarie Island rail, is an extinct subspecies of the buff-banded rail endemic to Macquarie Island, a subantarctic island that is part of the state of Tasmania,...
The Nuku Hiva rail (Gallirallus epulare ) is an extinct species of flightless bird in the Rallidae, or rail family.
The Ua Huka rail (Gallirallus gracilitibia ) is an extinct species of flightless bird in the Rallidae, or rail family.
The Tahuata rail (Gallirallus roletti ) is an extinct species of flightless bird in the Rallidae, or rail family.
The Huahine rail (Gallirallus storrsolsoni ) was a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It was a medium-sized Gallirallus rail endemic to Huahine in the Society Islands of French Polynesia. It is known only from subfossil remains found at the...
The Tubuai rail (Gallirallus steadmani ) is an extinct species of flightless bird in the Rallidae, or rail family.
The ʻEua rail (Gallirallus vekamatolu ) is an extinct species of flightless bird in the Rallidae, or rail family. It was described in 2005 from subfossil bones found on the island of ʻEua, in the Kingdom of Tonga of West Polynesia.
